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Discover the captivating narrative of 'Berlin: The Freedom Beyond the Wall,' a compelling photography collection that vividly portrays Berlin's complex history and the ideological struggles that defined it. This brand new paperback, featuring 112 pages of striking imagery, offers an unparalleled glimpse into the stark realities of life divided by the infamous Berlin Wall. For four decades, photography was both a witness and a medium of expression, capturing the tensions between East and West, real socialism, and consumer capitalism. Through the lens of talented photographers, this book illustrates the monumental wall that symbolized the Iron Curtain, showcasing how it influenced the lives of countless individuals separated by a mere concrete barrier. With 75 color illustrations, experience the power of visual storytelling as it documents the poignant moments leading up to the wall's fall and the transformative aftermath. Perfect for history enthusiasts, art lovers, or anyone passionate about Berlin's rich artistic heritage, this book is a must-have addition to your collection. Condition: BRAND NEW, Publisher: Publishers Distribution Ltd.
By Lucas, U.
By Tramballi, U.
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages 112
Publisher Publishers Distribution Ltd
For forty years photography in Berlin had been held hostage, like the city, in a ferocious heart-rending ideological struggle, a new war of representation, played out in large part via the image, still and in motion. Protagonist of the great season of photographic reportage in the democracies of the latter half of the twentieth century and instrument of propaganda in the totalitarian regimes of the East, photography narrated and incarnated the division of the two blocs. It focused on that wall built by Soviet power, the materialisation of the Iron Curtain that cut through Europe, separating East from West, real socialism from consumer capitalism. This long bulwark of precast concrete four meters high crossed the city for forty kilometers, continuing for another hundred and forty, enlarged and reinforced again and again, always guarded, observed for almost thirty years by eyes on either side, object of a constant surveillance. This book documents the photography that bore witness to the fall and what came after. ILLUSTRATIONS 75 colour *
By Lucas, U.
By Tramballi, U.
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages 112
Publisher Publishers Distribution Ltd
For forty years photography in Berlin had been held hostage, like the city, in a ferocious heart-rending ideological struggle, a new war of representation, played out in large part via the image, still and in motion. Protagonist of the great season of photographic reportage in the democracies of the latter half of the twentieth century and instrument of propaganda in the totalitarian regimes of the East, photography narrated and incarnated the division of the two blocs. It focused on that wall built by Soviet power, the materialisation of the Iron Curtain that cut through Europe, separating East from West, real socialism from consumer capitalism. This long bulwark of precast concrete four meters high crossed the city for forty kilometers, continuing for another hundred and forty, enlarged and reinforced again and again, always guarded, observed for almost thirty years by eyes on either side, object of a constant surveillance. This book documents the photography that bore witness to the fall and what came after. ILLUSTRATIONS 75 colour *